CONFUSED Rangers fans want straight answers as to why Charles Green is back at Ibrox.

The outspoken Yorkshireman’s stunning return to the club as a “consultant” sparked a weekend of turmoil.

Green, left, quit as chief executive in April before being cleared by an internal investigation over claims of close links with former owner Craig Whyte during last year’s takeover. He was back on Friday, but within hours of his return, a Stock Exchange statement revealed a group of Ibrox shareholders were aiming to remove key board members.

In addition, Green’s public insistence that manager McCoist must win a domestic cup or face the threat of the axe sparked a furious response from the gaffer after the weekend loss at Forfar.

The club has now been plunged back into chaos and Chris Graham of The Rangers Standard believes there is one major question the fans want an answer to.

Graham said: “It’s fair for the supporters to ask: Why has he come back?

“What has changed in two months that didn’t make him suitable to be here then and suitable now?

“The consultant role, I find baffling. If he is there to improve investor relations and then you have up to 30 per cent of investors calling for an EGM, followed by a public spat with the manager, it’s not exactly a brilliant start, is it?”

Green’s comments, which appeared on the morning of the League Cup debacle at Forfar, infuriated McCoist.

And Graham said: “I don’t think Green had any place to say what he said.

“Most fans might well say that Rangers should be looking to do something in the cups this year with the squad they have built. But what right does he have as a newly-appointed consultant to speak to a newspaper ahead of a cup tie?

“I find it difficult to escape the conclusion Green has just come back to try to keep the value of his shares as high as possible before he and the rest eventually sell them.

“During his interview, I understand he said that he would not have allowed Ally to sign as many players.

“But two months ago he was talking about Ally getting £10million to spend.

“How do those things tally up? The contradiction is unbelievable.”

Graham insists the fans just want honest answers and concluded: “The support are pretty sick of all of this. It’s going to develop into another civil war and it is fair enough to say the fans are split.

“There are still some who look at some of the stuff Green did in the beginning and think it is no bad thing he is coming back.

“But I would say that, after Ally’s comments on Saturday, there should be a few alarm bells ringing among them.”